Insurance Sales Agent - Paterson, NJ

Company: Kemper
Location: West orange
Posted on: May 3, 2021

Job Description:

Role: Insurance Sales Agent

Employment Type: Full Time

Pay: Commission Based We pay for performance! Successful first year agents average pay of nearly $38K in

their first year with the second year pay growing to an average of nearly $47K. Top agents earn over $53K in

their first year with that growing to over $68K in their second year.

Benefits: Group Life Insurance, Major Medical, Dental, Short-term; Long-term disability, Retirement Plan, 401(k), Paid Vacation, Educational Reimbursement. Superior performance is recognized through numerous awards, prizes, and trips!

Are you passionate about serving the under-served? This career could be for you!

Kemper is a diversified insurance holding company located in Chicago, IL. We are firmly committed to

servicing the insurance needs of modest-income families. As a home service family of companies, we are

dedicated to frequent personal contact with our customers for premium collection and other service needs.

Responsibilities:

Agents are each assigned a territory (called an agency) with an established book of in-force business.

Day to day activities include:

• Conducting interviews, recommending products, closing sales, and using our Family Security Selling System
• Continuously prospecting for sales opportunities
• Collecting premiums from policyholders, based on a pre-arranged schedule
• Responding promptly to policyholder service requests such as beneficiary changes, claims, loans, etc
• Keeping records, accounting for money collected, and processing paperwork

Expectations:

Our agents are each expected to:

• Increase the agency size
• Build good working relationships with customers
• Devote whatever time is necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of the position
• Commit to ongoing development of knowledge and skills

Preparation:

• Extensive on-the-job training allows new agents to earn a paycheck while learning their profession.
• Licensing Various state licenses are required to sell or service insurance products. Our companies

provide assistance and guidance to those who are preparing to sit for licensing exams.

• Basic Training During the first 26 weeks, new agents complete a basic development program that

includes self-study, classroom time, role-play, and extensive fieldwork.

Rewards:

The opportunity to become a successful agent is an opportunity to build a better life. Among the rewards are:

• An established business New agents pay nothing for an established agency, which has a built-in

clientele of loyal policyholders

• Pay for performance A chance to write their own paycheck with increasing income opportunity as

skills and knowledge grow

• Job stability Employment in a field where there is an increasing need of qualified professionals
• Prestige Recognition in the community as a respected professional
• Advancement The potential for future promotion to a management position
• Personal Satisfaction Knowing that they are doing meaningful work when they help others protect

the people they love and the things they own

• Equal opportunity We are firmly committed to our policy of providing equal employment

opportunity based on individual merit

Opportunity is knocking. Dont let it pass you by!

Need help? Contact our Success Center at 877-355-3007.

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